Evan Urquhart 🏳️‍⚧️ / is on Nostr

Daily coverage of anti-trans propaganda in US right wing media on assignedmedia.org

Member of the volunteer journa.host moderation team!

he/him transgender

I'd *still* rather be playing pinball

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Last Notes

2024-06-19 15:05:47

Want to stay on top of trans news in uncertain times? Assigned Media has a free newsletter for that!
Our digest goes out every Friday and has summaries of the stories we've covered plus the best reporting on trans issues in other outlets.
Sign up at the bottom of the assignedmedia.org home page, or on any other page on our website. #trans #news #journalism

2024-06-17 17:12:23

Indictment for Eithan Haim has been unsealed:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/doctor-charged-unauthorized-access-personal-information-pediatric-patients-texas
Haim is a doctor who did part of his residency Texas Children's Hospital. He used his access to look up records of young trans patients and leaked them to right-wing activist Chris Rufo.

2024-06-10 15:49:19

BREAKING: Doctor who trans kids' medical records faces four felony counts.
Eithan Haim, who claims to be a victim of political persecution, maintains the records did not contain identifying information. However, an expert in US healthcare law told Assigned this doesn't appear to be the case. #trans #news #science #medicine #media
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/haim-rufo-leaks-indictment-felony-charges

2024-06-05 17:26:34

NEW: Not one but TWO major US media outlets have been taken over by Brits who previously headed anti-trans culture war obsessed outlets in the US and UK.
Robert Winnett of the psychopathic Telegraph and Hugh Dougherty of disinformation-peddler NY Post will head the Washington Post and Daily Beast. #trans #news #LGBTQ #media #journalism
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/new-york-post-telegraph-take-over-washiington-post-daily-beast

2024-06-04 14:02:05

The Epoch Times is under investigation for money laundering, but the site's role in spreading anti-trans misinformation has gone unmentioned in mainstream coverage of the case.
An Epoch Times link that showed up in a story for the Atlantic is a particularly clear example of the laundering process on trans stories that goes fringe right -> far right -> mainstream.
#trans #news #journalism #media
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/epoch-times-falun-gong-money-laundering-trans-misinfo

2024-06-03 12:16:30

In his annual Pride declaration
President Joe Biden made a condemned bans on healthcare for transgender youth as antithetical to the basic American values of life, safety, and dignity.
Where did I hear about it first? Oh, just the Daily Wire.
Look, I'm not a big Biden booster, I'm particularly unhappy about the genocide support thing, but I do think we need to be willing to give credit/call attention to strong supportive statements by the US President!!
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/biden-supports-trans-youth-healthcare

2024-05-29 12:35:03

Don't let anyone snow you that transphobia is about women's rights. It's not, it's never been, and the idea that it is is a complete smokescreen.
Transphobia and sexism are inextricably bound together. You cannot have transphobia without sexism.
In that vein, I give you an article about a sexist, transphobic tirade last weekend by Hollywood has-been Richard Dreyfuss. #news #trans #transgender
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/richard-dreyfuss-sexist-transphobic-ranting

2024-05-22 10:58:27

On Assigned today, Alyssa Steinsiek has a story about a ban on women in specific events for a sport that is more typically mixed gender and has no particular gender advantages or disadvantages. #trans #news #sports
Way to go, sailing. Ride that anti-trans bandwagon!
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/world-sailing-bans-trans-women

2024-05-15 12:30:52

NEW: The Cass Review conducted focus groups with gender diverse youth and young adults who had personal experience with gender-affirming care in England. Then it buried them.
Read about the hidden youth perspectives and experiences of the Cass Report on Assigned Media.
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/surfacing-cass-report-youth-focus-groups

2024-05-13 14:15:20

NEW: JK Rowling has become so toxic even fellow transphobes and self-identified moderates are distancing themselves from her.
That's right, today I've been writing about the latest Rowling psychodrama, and what to make of it. #trans #news #journalism
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/rowling-misgendering-chait-hayton-musk

2024-04-24 14:09:51

Discrimination against nonbinary people is real, and a new study from a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto is shining a light on one way it can happen.
Using a well-regarded method, researchers sent out job applications with she/her, they/them, or no pronoun attached. #news #trans #nonbinary #transgender #science
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/they-them-pronouns-discriminated-against-by-employers

2024-04-17 13:36:47

A little known fact about trans people is that transgender Americans are twice as likely to serve in the military.
This means many rely on VA healthcare for their medical needs. But politicization of trans healthcare has resulted in a lack of access to trans surgeries for vets.
The Transgender Americans Veterans Association is fighting to change that. Alyssa Steinsiek has more, for Assigned.
#trans #transgender #news #USmilitary
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/transgender-veterans-association-sues-va-again